Matter-enhanced neutrino oscillations in the quasi-adiabatic limit

被引:20
作者
Balantekin, AB
Beacom, JF
Fetter, JM
机构
[1] Univ Wisconsin, Dept Phys, Madison, WI 53706 USA
[2] Univ Washington, Inst Nucl Theory, Seattle, WA 98195 USA
[3] Univ Washington, Dept Astron, Seattle, WA 98195 USA
基金
美国国家科学基金会;
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D O I
10.1016/S0370-2693(98)00231-7
中图分类号
P1 [天文学];
学科分类号
0704 ;
摘要
We introduce simple analytic expressions for the neutrino survival probability in media valid in the quasi-adiabatic limit. These expressions provide a quick but accurate alternative to numerical solution of the neutrino propagation equations for the Mikheyev-Smirnov-Wolfenstein effect. They can also be used to extract information about the density scale height from the neutrino data. As an example, we present calculations for solar neutrinos, (C) 1998 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
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页码:317 / 322
页数:6
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